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I don't think I really started to seriously compose until around that time when I was 40.

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Terry Bozzio
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 27
Composer
Drummer
Guitarist
Musician
Percussionist
Singer
Studio Musician
San Francisco County
California
Terry John Bozzio
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